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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI BULLARD, OF ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW YORK.

STOVE-POLISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,636, dated September 18, 1888.

Application filed October 28, 1887. Serial No. 253.643.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVI BULLARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabethtown, in the county of Essex and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Polishes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel composition of matter to be used as a stove-polish; and it consists of the following ingredients, combined in the manner and proportions hereinafter stated, to wit: water, t'en quarts; soap, (preferablyBabbitts,) fivebars, (aboutfivepounds;) sweet-oil,one pint; vinegar, (preferably cider,,) one quart; kerosene-oil, one pint; glue, (preferably thekind known as Roya l,) one ounce; liquid coffee, one gill; pl u mbago or black-lead, sufficient to make a paste.

The soap is first dissolved in the water heated to boiling-point. After, the soap is thoroughly dissolved the other ingredients,except the plumbago,are added, the whole mass being well stirred to insure thorough intermingling. Sufficient plumbago in a finely-divided state is then added by stirring to make quite a thick paste. After the mixture has beenreduced to a uniform consistency it may be placed in boxes or cans, in which condition it is placed on the market.

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This polish may be applied to the stove or other metal-work with a brush or cloth dampened with water,after which the desired polish is given with a dry brush. This compound gives a lasting polish of a deep-black hue, without the grayish or silvery luster so common to stove-polishes, and which is objectionable. It is to a large extent free from disagreeable odor when the stove becomes heated; but to prevent this entirely I add about one ounce of oil of peppermint to the compound during the process of making the same.

WVhile the above compound, asstated, makes a valuable stove-polish,a little black ink may be added thereto, which is found to somewhat improve the black hue of the polish.

The herein-described compound for astovepolish, consisting of water, soap, sweet-oil,

vinegar, kerosene-oil, glue, liquid coffee, and V plurnbago,in the proportions and compounded substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

Geo. S. NIoHoLsoN, JOHN S. ROBERTS. 

